Ananda, with a rich tally of 249 points, did well to take a commanding lead in the boys section of the three-day championship. St. Joseph’s finished runners up with 207 points while Lyceum International School, Wattala finished third with 129 points.Trinity College, Kandy finished fourth in the overall boys championship with 116 points, followed by Killer Whales AC (110), followed by Royal (66), St. Peter’s (50), Nalanda (48), Colombo International School (35) and Gateway, Colombo (30).

In the girls’ championship, Mahamaya had a good 30-point lead over their closest rivals Sirimavo Balika to win the overall title with 251 points. In the second place with 221 points was Sirimavo Balika with Visakha finishing third with 209 points.

Arukshan survived a tense finish in securing the top spot in the boys section with 19 points. His closest rival Akalanka Peiris of St. Peter’s College was only a solitary point behind in aggregating 18 points. C.R. Yogarathnam of St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota finished third with 15

Silva had a tense finish to become the best swimmer in the girls’ category with only a one point lead. She had a total of 22 points, closely followed by Vinoli Kaluarachchi of Sirimavo who finished second with 21 points.

In the third place of the girls individual rankings was Ramudi Samarakoon with 15 points, followed by Dilrukshi Perera (Hillwood, Kandy – 12),

The event was organized by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union which has done a tremendous job in rearranging its age group structure to fall in line with the international events structure.

In keeping with the international structure, the Under-19 Junior National Championship was organized by the SLASU. With the intension of improving the standard of the meet, only the swimmers who have gained national qualification cut off standards were allowed to compete at the meet.